Illyria
Ancient Balkan region
Illyria was an ancient region along the eastern Adriatic coast, roughly corresponding to modern Albania and parts of the former Yugoslavia.
The name survives mainly through Shakespeare's *Twelfth Night*, where Illyria serves as a romantic, slightly exotic setting: What country, friends, is this? This is Illyria, lady.
The word now evokes a vaguely mythical coastal realm.
Final Yuletide evening
- OliviaFemale given name
- SebastianMale name, Latin origin
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- comedyWork meant to amuse
Malvolio · disguise · romance · foolery · festivity · countess · duke · cross-dressing
Sea east of Italy
- DalmatiaCroatian coastal territory
- tribesAncestral social groups
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- GreeksNatives of Athens' homeland
Thracians · coastline · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Hellenistic · colonization · province · piracy
Sea east of Italy
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- KosovoPartially recognized Balkan state
Bosnia · Herzegovina · Slovenia · Dalmatia · Yugoslavia · Balkanization · Slavic · Catholic
Unverified traditional tale
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- CadmusLegendary Theban founder
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- fantasy realmFictional magical setting
utopia · storybook · fantastical · idealized · escapism
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- potteryFired clay objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- tombsChambers for the dead
inscriptions · amphorae · tumuli · burial mounds · fibulae · bronze weapons · hillforts · necropolis
Twelfth Night
Final Yuletide evening
Malvolio · comedy · disguise · romance · foolery · festivity · countess · duke · cross-dressing · mistaken identity
Adriatic
Sea east of Italy
- DalmatiaCroatian coastal territory
- tribesAncestral social groups
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
Greeks · Thracians · coastline · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Hellenistic · colonization · province · piracy · indigenous
Adriatic
Sea east of Italy
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
Kosovo · Bosnia · Herzegovina · Slovenia · Dalmatia · Yugoslavia · Balkanization · Slavic · Catholic · Muslim
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- CadmusLegendary Theban founder
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
fantasy realm · utopia · storybook · fantastical · idealized · escapism
excavation
Act of unearthing
tombs · inscriptions · amphorae · tumuli · burial mounds · fibulae · bronze weapons · hillforts · necropolis · grave goods
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- historical regionsBohemia, Moravia, Saxony, Bavaria, Persia
- Shakespeare PlacesElsinore, Verona, Venice, Denmark, Belmont
- WhedonverseBuffy, Buffy Summers, Angel, Spike, Willow
- European PlacesFrance, Germany, Spain, Italy, London
- Ancient KingdomsPersia, Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, Kush